Asked if Grimes is encouraged by the newly-insured figure, senior campaign adviser Jonathan Hurst remained loyal to previous talking points about its ongoing problems.

“What we’ve said all along is that obviously KyNect has been successful across Kentucky, but that the law isn’t perfect and that what we need are common sense solutions,” he said. “What Alison has always said is Democrats and Republicans need to come together to fix the law. Obviously any good news is good news.”

Liberal proponents have been saying for months that the health care law won’t be a liability for Democrats in the mid-terms as President Obama declared the debate is over.

Others, such as Democratic Congressman John Yarmuth of Louisville, have predicted GOP efforts to repeal the law will backfire as people begin to receive health care coverage and its benefits. But McConnell and his allies have made a four year investment of attacks against President Obama and his signature law, and their political economy expects a hefty return.

As McConnell adviser Josh Holmes put it:

cold reality: every day we talk about Obamacare is a win for Republicans.— Josh Holmes (@HolmesJosh) April 2, 2014

A Quinnipiac poll found bears some of that out, showing 40 percent of Americans say they are less likely to vote for a candidate who supports Obamacare outright. Those same voters are evenly split on whether the law is more likely (27 percent) or will have no affect (31 percent) on backing a candidate this fall.

The National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee gleefully pointed out that few Democrats joined president’s rallying cry in the Rose Garden to celebrate the law crossing the 7 million enrollee threshold.

Yet the best defense Kentucky Democrats offer—outside of Yarmuth and the governor—has been a cynical rebranding effort to call it “Beshear Care” that acknowledges the president’s unpopularity. Grimes doesn’t even mention the health care law on her campaign website.

Does she plan to ever embrace the Affordable Care Act over the next eight months? Not likely.

“It’s a compliment to Governor Beshear in the state,” Hurst told WFPL when asked. “But the law isn’t perfect and it does need to be fixed. It’s something where Democrats and Republicans should come together and fix the parts of the Affordable Care Act that aren’t perfect.”